The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-03
THE COERCION BILL.
The Government Declines to Specify the Re.
gion to Which 1t Will BE Applied.

gion Which 1t Will BE Applied.
LONDON, May I'm the House OF Commons,
night, Mr.. Healy moved that the first clause
of the crimes bill be amended as to indicate
clearly to what portions of ireland the bill would
be applicable. He suggested that the words
proclaimed districts be omitted, and that
Kerry, Londonderry and Belfast" be inserted
in their stead.
Mr.. Balfour. Chief Secretary for Ireland de-
clined to accede to this proposal He said the
government intended to apply the clause to all
parts of Ireland where the prevalence of crime
justified such action.
Mr.. Heay asked If blood-stained Belfast,
where troops had been shot and policemen mur-
dered was to go free, while the miserable, rent
ridden districts in the southwest were to be pun
ished.
Mr.. Balfour replied that the government
would exercise perfect impartiality in suppress
ing disorder everywhere.
Mr.. Labouchere said the scope and aim of the
bill was to crush out the Nationalists leaving
the OranGemen to do anything they liked The
administration of the law was bound up with
the Orange faction that it could not be i'm
partial.
Mr. Gladstone suggested that the words PRO
claimed districts remain. but that the districts
The answer of Mr.. Balfour, that all districts
would be treated impartially was not sufficient,
because the Minister had often referred to the
particular parts Of Ireland where the bill was
meant 10 operate. No doubt the people of Bel
fast regarded with disgust and horror the preva-
lence of disorder in their midst, but the same
apoloey was equally good for other districts.
The conduct of some persons in Belfast recently
stained the name of Ireland more than the coz
duct of the people Of any other part of Ireland
had Cheers.
Lord Randolph Churchill said that the sue-
gestion Mr. Gladstone had made might have
been valuable, but its value had been destroyed
by the raising Of points which were calculated
to lead to controversy. Mr.. Gladstone bad
N ade himself party to the insinuaIion that the
government intended to apply the clause only TO
certain parts of Ireland, and leave Belfast out.
There had been disorder in Belfast. but the law
had not been arrested. There was no analogy
between the riots in Belfast and the ''moou-
lighting" in Kerry. for which not single person
had been made amenable to Justice No
would venture to assert that the juries in the
north of Ireland had failed to do their duty
was often the case with juries in the south of
Ireland. To put the diabolical outrages of the
south of Ireland Mr. Gladstone did, on the
same level as the disturbances in Belfast. was
TO condone and apologize for these outrages.
[Cheers
Mr. Healy replied that over 300 persons
manned for life and some killed in the Belfast
riots, and that only few of the rioters had been
punished. He said the statement was untrue
that there had been convictions in Kerry.
There had been over twenty.
Mr.. Holmes said that not . single Moon
lighter" had convicted. lt was nuly
by change of venue that any convictions could
be obtained.
Mr.. Realy postponed his motion in Difference
to Mr.. Giadstone's suggestion.
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